Noteworthy Francophone Women Directors: A Sequel
Janis L. Pallister
Language: English
Pages: 236
ISBN: 1611474434
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Noteworthy Francophone Women Directors: A Sequel is a comprehensive guide that foregrounds the productions of nearly three hundred Francophone women filmmakers from France, Belgium, Switzerland, Latin American, Québec, and even Thailand. The book begins following films released after the publication of Pallister and Hottell's last volume, Francophone Women Film Directors, in 2005 and stops after the Cannes film festival in 2010.
film category. In 1999, Ghyslaine Côté directed the children’s feature Pin-Pon, le film, which was nominated for two Jutras (top Quebec cinema award) in the categories best editing and best art direction. When Elles étaient cinq (2004) opened in the Montreal World Film Festival, it was named Most Popular Film. It was also named one of Canada’s Top Ten of 2004 by an independent, national panel of filmmakers, programmers, journalists, and industry professionals. Film and video work as of June 30,
Doignon; Cast: Raphaële Germser, Arno Dengel, Agathe Cornez, Anne Yernaux, Patrick Descamps. Synopsis: Claire, twenty-six, is a single mother with a six-year-old son. Having recently separated from the father, she quits her job and apartment to go back to living with her parents. However, caught between an independent sister whose life is unburdened by kids and parents with certain views about her role as a mother, Claire finds it impossible to come to grips with her new life alongside her son.
Télérama 2906, 24 septembre 2005.) See Pierre Ranger’s positive review in Séquences 241 (janvier-février 2006): 23. 50 Chapter 1 Nouvelle Chance (2005–6, 90 mins.) France. Cinematography: Caroline Champetier; Editing: Isabelle Dedieu; Distributed by Haut et Court; Cast: Danielle Darrrieux as Odette, Arielle Dombasle as Bettina Fleischer, Jean-Chrétien Sibertin-Blanc as Augustin, Andy Gillet as Raphael, Christophe Vandevelde as Franck. Inspired by and for Danielle Darrieux. Screened in section
cinema/films/quelque-chose-a-te-dire,381047.php. Feature Films (Fiction) 121 Teyssier, Agathe. (Not Tessier, as sometimes seen.) (See also Shorts.) Actress, Director, Scriptwriter. A ta place (2002, 33 mins.) Agathe Teyssier (Actress in film too). La Femme invisible (2008) France. Cast: Julie Depardieu, Hélène De Fougerolles and Micheline Dax. Synopsis: Lili, thirty-years old, has a serious handicap. Every time she needs to do something that demands strength, she becomes invisible. A
Bercy, Dominique Tack, Arnout Jacob. Production: Alexis Film, Image Création, supported by the Communauté Française de Belgique. Grand prize for short at the Festival du film d’action et d’aventures de Valenciennes, France, 1997; Prix du meilleur décor sonore au Festival international du film court de Virton, 1998. 170 Chapter 3 Synopsis: One day, Josiane learns that she has been selected to be the partner of Riccardo, star of the roman-photo whom she loves. She will learn little by little